Showing posts with label Islamic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Muslim Brotherhood 'paying gangs to go out and rape women and beat men

Muslim Brotherhood 'paying gangs to go out and rape women and beat men protesting in Egypt' as thousands of demonstrators pour on to the streets

Activists claim there have been nearly 20 attacks in the last 10 days

Country has seen rise in mob sex attacks on protestors in the last year

Demonstrators in Tahrir Square yesterday protested against a draft constitution approved by allies of President Morsi

Muslim Brotherhood today marched in support of the president


Egypt's ruling party is paying gangs of thugs to sexually assault women protesting in Cairo's Tahrir Square against President Mohamed Morsi, activists said.

They also said the Muslim Brotherhood is paying gangs to beat up men who are taking part in the latest round of protests, which followed a decree by President Morsi to give himself sweeping new powers.

It comes as the Muslim Brotherhood co-ordinated a demonstration today in support of President Mohamed Morsi, who is rushing through a constitution to try to defuse opposition fury over his newly expanded powers.

Just 24 hours earlier around 200,000 people gathered in Tahrir Square, the heart of last year's revolution which toppled President Hosni Mubarak, yesterday to protest against a new draft constitution.

Large marches from around Cairo flowed into the square, chanting 'Constitution: Void!' and The people want to bring down the regime.'

But amid the calls for democracy a sinister threat has emerged.

Magda Adly, the director of the Nadeem Centre for Human Rights, said that under Mubarak, the Government paid thugs to beat male protestors and sexually assault women.

'This is still happening now,' she told The Times. 'I believe thugs are being paid money to do this ... the Muslim Brotherhood have the same political approaches as Mubarak,' she said.

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Friday, 30 November 2012

Work set to start ‘soon’ on Blackburn's £1m Islamic centre

 1,500 sq ft hall, I have no idea how many mussies that will hold, but whit parking spaces for only 22 cars, including four for disabled motorists and, eight motorbikes, and four bicycles. That will be nice for the local residents.

BUILDING work on a major open-to-all Islamic community centre in Blackburn is to begin ‘as soon as possible’.

The Naqshbandiyya Aslamiyya Spiritual Centre will be erected on vacant land at the corner of Pringle Street and Whittendale Crescent, Queen’s Park.

The 1,500 sq ft hall will cost £1 million, to be funded by the centre’s treasury and the community.

Blackburn with Darwen planning committee granted permission for the build which will allow more room for the growing numbers of worshippers at the mosque and attendants from the wider community.

The building will provide a space for quiet reflection, meditation and prayer and is hoped to house non-spiritual services to the borough such as work with young people, young offenders and disability groups.

Riaz Ahmad, centre chairman, said: “This is going to be a centre of spiritual excellence. Whether he is a Muslim or a non-Muslim, he is invited to learn about Islam here. We already have a very successful relationship working with both communities.”

The council received no objections to the project, although it was referred to the planning committee because it is of a ‘sensitive nature’.

Queen’s Park councillor, deputy mayor and Council of Mosques chairman Salim Mulla said: “I’m glad it’s gone through, it’s a centre that serves local Muslims well and we hope it will now include the wider community.”

Concerns about possible vandalism of the exterior led to suggestions of preventative measures such as anti-vandal paint and a protruding roof line.

However, Coun Mulla believes the owner and residents need not worry. He said: “There used to be a problem with vandalism in this particular area, but now this is not the case, crime in the area is down.”

The building will include energy-saving solar panels and parking spaces for 22 cars, including four for disabled motorists and, eight motorbikes, and four bicycles.

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Pot peddlers 'forced teens to become Muslim'

Police have arrested members of a gang of Eastern European immigrants who used violence, intimidation and the promotion of Islam to control marijuana trafficking operations in the Neuchâtel mountains, cantonal justice authorities said on Thursday. 

  Three members were detained for questioning following the arrest of another ringleader in March, who remains in jail, the public prosecutor’s office said, while issuing an appeal to the public for more information to help permanently disband the group.

The gang, which calls itself the Jamahat, forced other young people to become Muslims as part of its operations, said officials.

The group peddled pot to adolescents from disadvantaged families in the cities of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds, traditional watch-making centres,the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

The group is made up of young Muslim men originally from such places as Chechnya, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia who recently stepped up their criminal activities, authorities said.

The group “is attempting to radicalize its activities by seeking to impose — by physical and psychological violence — a monopoly on the sale of marijuana in our region.”

Using menacing threats, the group’s members forced other young people to sign up for cell phone contracts and then seizing smart phones and other electronic gadgets obtained in the process.

These devices were then sold on the black market, largely in La Chaux-de-Fonds, authorities said.

Meanwhile, a large number of young people have run up large debts from phone bills running into the thousands of francs, according to the government information.

Some kids were forced to sign up for as many as seven different telecom contracts.

On top of this, victims were made to convert to Islam, often without knowing anything about the religion and in “blind submission” to the wishes of the Jamahat group, authorities said.

As part of the ongoing investigation, cantonal police are now seeking help from the public about the whereabouts of an underground parking lot, probably in La Chaux-de-Fonds, or the nearby region.

The facility is served by an elevator providing access to a basement with heating and different rooms with easy access for vehicles.

Anyone with information about such a structure is asked to call Neuchâtel police at 032  889 9000.


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Australian Senate Passes Motion on Assyrians of Iraq

On Thursday 29 November 2012, the notice of motion that was raised in the Senate, regarding the plight of Assyrian Christians in Iraq, by Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, was passed successfully with minor changes pursuant to standing order 77. Senator Fierravanti-Wells has called upon the Australian Federal Government to press the Iraqi Government to guarantee the rights of Christian Assyrians and other minorities.

A similar notice of motion was raised by The Hon. Philip Ruddock MP, Federal Member for Berowra, New South Wales in the House of Representatives on 28 November 2012 .

Senator Fierravanti-Wells moved the following motion on Wednesday 28 November 2012;

1072 Senator Fierravanti-Wells: moved--that the Senate--

(a) recognises that:

(i) Christian Assyrians, a minority religious and racial group in Iraq, are subject to ongoing violence, intimidation, harassment and discrimination on religious and ethnic grounds at the hands of extremists,

(ii) on 31 October 2010, 58 Christian Assyrians were killed in an attack on a church in Baghdad in an act of violent extremism targeting this minority group,

(iii) since 2003, 600 000 Christian Assyrians have left Iraq, including many thousands to Australia, and

(iv) despite the rights guaranteed to minorities in Iraq, including Assyrians, there are still cases of harassment, intimidation and discrimination;

(b) condemns violence, intimidation, harassment and discrimination on religious and ethnic grounds wherever it may be found, including in Iraq;

(c) welcomes the stated commitment of the Government of Iraq to the protection of the rights of Christians and other minorities enshrined in Iraq's constitution, and the steps taken by the Government of Iraq to address violence and discrimination, including:

(i) the formation of a Christian Police Force of around 500 to protect Christians and churches, in the wake of the 2010 bombing attacks on churches, and

(ii) moves to establish an Independent High Commission for Human Rights; and

(d) calls on the Government to continue to press the Iraqi Government to guarantee the rights of Christian Assyrians and other minorities.

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Paedophile who went on run is jailed for a year

PAEDOPHILE Richard(mohamud) Fruin, who went on the run around the world for seven years, has been jailed for a year.

But because Fruin, 35, has spent the past six months in custody on remand he will be freed on parole within days.


Gloucester Crown Court heard that Fruin (pictured) was bailed after his arrest in 2005 but then flew to West Africa before travelling to other countries including Malaysia.

Child porn images found on his computers included some of a 14-year-old boy from Stroud, whom Fruin had been associating with.

Fruin, formerly of Stroud but now of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to 15 offences of making indecent images of children between January and November 2005.

As well as the 12-month jail term, Fruin must sign the sex offender register for ten years.

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French Cardinal: "The Christians are Afraid" - Priest Spat on in Metro Because He Wore Cross

French society is "dying of spiritual thirst" and "an incredible expectation" was apparent in the youth, said Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon and Primate of the Gauls, yesterday in the Vatican. The cardinal made a sombre assessment of the faith of Catholics, of whom 4% - 5% are practising. He referred to information "that there are three times more young Muslims in the mosque on Friday than Catholics at mass on Sunday". He urged Catholics to be "humble, passionate, intrepid" in their faith.

"Why does our society react furiously to the words of a bishop," he also asked, referring to himself, criticised for an interview implying that homosexual marriage could open the path to polygamy and incest. According to him, antisemitism and islamophobia are growing along with hostility to Christianity:
"In some districts, the Christians are afraid . A priest was spat on in the metro because of the crucifix he was wearing," he revealed.
Source: LeProgres.fr

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Monday, 26 November 2012

'Radical' Muslim Cleric Abu Usamah's Brunel University Speech Prompts Student Protest

Students at a London University have organised a protest against the planned appearance of a Muslim cleric, who has previously been accused of advocating for the murder of homosexuals.

Abu Usamah Adh Dhahabi is to appear at Brunel University as part of Legends Week, organised by the Brunel Islamic Society, on Tuesday. He is to deliver a talk on Aisha, one of Muhammed's wives.

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Promise Phillips, president of the Union of Brunel Students (UBS), confirmed a one-hour long "peaceful protest" would be taking place on the day but said the speech would continue to go ahead.

"The UBS is aware of the visit to speak next week from Abu Usamah, and is aware of controversial comments attributed to him and the challenges these bring," he said.

"The UBS works to ensure all speakers invited onto campus are authorised, have a clear understanding of the policy umbrella under which they are required to behave, and that the commitment to Freedom of Speech is balanced by Equality and Diversity Policies.

"The UBS further maintains a No Platform Policy and each speaker invited onto campus is assessed to ensure that this policy is not breached," he added.

"In this case, the UBS has risk assessed this visit and is putting in place appropriate measures. We are working with our Islamic Society who are confident that the subject matter of the speech sits within our equality guidelines."

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Birmingham drug smuggling gang member jailed for 16 years

Nadeem Aslam, from Moseley, is caged for 16 years for part played in £12million drug smuggling operation

Three smugglers have been jailed for a total of 24 years after one of the biggest ever seizures of drugs at a busy UK port.

The men from Birmingham attempted to import £12 million-worth of heroin which would have brought misery to the city’s streets.

 Mohammed Jabber Khan and Manjinder Thethy were jailed for four years for drugs offencesNadeem Aslam was jailed for 16 years

Nadeem Aslam, 32, of Trafalgar Road, Moseley, who was involved in a plot to sneak the huge consignment into Birmingham under the floorboards of a lorry has been jailed for 16 years.

Mohammed Khan, 35, from Shawsdale Road, Buckland End, and Manjinder Thethy, 34, from George Street, Handsworth, had been earlier jailed for four years each after admitting attempting to import a class A drug.

Aslam had been found guilty in May of conspiracy to import the drug by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court.
An earlier trial had to be aborted after a female juror, who had allegedly been drinking, fell asleep.
She was subsequently fined £250 for contempt.

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Saturday, 24 November 2012

CBN News Report Islamic Sharia Law Comes to Great Britain

Stoning for adultery. Amputations for theft. Death for apostates. And second-class status for Christians and Jews. This is life under Sharia law, the Islamic system practiced in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Great Britain.

Yes, Great Britain.

There are reportedly some 85 Sharia courts now operating there, with Islamic judges ruling on cases ranging from financial to marital disputes among British Muslims.

"We went into some proceedings and there were a couple of Islamic judges sitting up above the rest," said Alan Craig, who recently stepped down as leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance party. "And there was one Muslim woman who was suing for divorce."

Craig is a former city councilor in East London, home to several Sharia courts where women face open discrimination.

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Friday, 9 November 2012

Mussie to be sentenced for double Wakefield murder

Man to be sentenced for double Wakefield murder

An asylum-seeker who murdered two teenage girls and left their bodies in a Wakefield flat will be sentenced today.

Ahmad Otak stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s sister, 17-year-old Kimberley Frank, and her friend Samantha Sykes, 18, in March.

Otak, 21, who is from Afghanistan and entered the UK in 2007, visited Kimberley’s flat in Barden Road to discuss his stormy relationship with her sister Elisa before the murders took place.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of murder at a previous hearing at Leeds Crown Court.

After he entered the pleas, Judge Peter Collier warned him: “As I’m sure you will understand, the sentence for murder is fixed by law and the sentence that will be passed on you in due course is one of life imprisonment.”

Appearing via videolink from Wakefield Prison, Otak denied two further charges relating to the kidnap and false imprisonment of Elisa Frank.

He also pleaded guilty to carrying a blade - a kitchen knife - in Wakefield on the day of the murders.

He will be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/man-to-be-sentenced-for-double-wakefield-murder-1-5113255

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Rape victim was 'dragged into car wash'

A 17-YEAR-OLD who alleges she was raped by a stranger has told a jury her attacker dragged her into a car wash before attacking her.

Ali Yazzin, 30, of Neath Road, Landore, denies a single count of rape.

The trial at Swansea Crown Court had to be halted after the alleged victim, who cannot be named, suffered a panic attack as she was cross-examined by barrister Paul Hobson.

The alleged offence was said to have happened on June 3 as the victim, then aged 16, walked along Neath Road, from the Liberty Stadium towards the city centre at 4am.

She alleges he called out to her, and despite originally walking away, she then turned and began talking to Yazzin.

After asking him for a cigarette, the pair began walking together. She said he then grabbed her head and tried to kiss her.

The victim then alleges he dragged her 11 metres from the main road into a car wash and raped her.

She said during the attack she slid to the floor hoping to stop him attacking her.

She arrived at a friend's home and was "dishevelled" and covered with dirt, prosecutor Frank Phillips said.

A DVD recording of her police interview was played to the jury.

She said he had asked her if they could have sex, but she said no.

Yazzin repeatedly told her: "You're very hot," before and during the attack.

She said after Yazzin dragged her into the car wash, pushed her against the wall and began his attack by pulling down her trousers and underwear.

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing," she said.

She told the officer interviewing her she was "scared" and "frightened".

She said she could hear him breathing deeply during the attack.

"I froze," she said.

After the attack she said she ran away.

Yazzin admits having sex with the alleged victim, but said it was consensual. The trial continues.

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Silent Conquest The End of Freedom of Expression in the West

A new documentary entitled Silent Conquest has just been released.

For the last three decades, working slowly, patiently, and carefully, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been quietly dismantling the right to free speech in Western countries. Working through the United Nations and other international bodies, it aims to criminalize “defamation for religions” — and by “religions”, of course, it means Islam, and Islam alone.

In addition to the prominent Counterjihad activists listed in the press release, Silent Conquest features interviews with Kurt Westergaard, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, and Lars Hedegaard, among others.

For a limited time, the entire 83-minute movie has been made available for viewing on the internet (Warning: some of the images shown in this movie may be disturbing or offensive to sensitive viewers):

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Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Details of new Lincoln mosque before planners today

Details of a new mosque proposed on the old Boultham Dairy site in Lincoln will go before planners today.

Lincoln City Council's planning committee will discuss the development having given outline permission for it to be built last year.

 
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Update
 Lincoln mosque plans given go-ahead by city councillors

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http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/story-17257288-detail/story.html

Monday, 5 November 2012

Alum Rock man charged with terrorism offences

A Birmingham man has been charged with terrorism offences after officers spent months analysing electronic files. 

Mohammed Benares, 44, of Alum Rock, was charged following a West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit investigation.

He faces three charges of possessing documents or records containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

Mr Benares will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 19 November.

He was bailed until his court appearance, a police spokesman said.

He was originally arrested and bailed in March and the charges followed a "lengthy investigation" which included the analysis of a large number of electronic files, West Midlands Police said.

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Police launch sex abuse investigation into two East Lancashire children's homes

 A POLICE probe has been launched into claims that gangs of men raped and abused vulnerable under-age girls in care.

Details of the alleged abuse have emerged after a mum in her 20s claimed she was a victim while living in two care homes in East Lancashire as a teenager.

She told police she was groomed and molested in return for alcohol, cigarettes and drugs while away from the homes.

The allegations refer to gangs of Asian men who it is claimed hung around the homes she lived in while under the care of Lancashire County Council.

The victim, who still lives in East Lancashire, also told officers she was abused while being looked after at a home in Merseyside.

She said care workers at that home failed to put a stop to the goings on, echoing the findings of a report into a sex ring in Rochdale, which highlighted ‘missed opportunities’ to halt abuse.

The victim, now a mother-of-four, spoke out to make others aware of the plight of children in the care system.

She is telling her harrowing story in small sections to specially trained officers from Lancashire police’s child exploitation team, Engage.

It comes as child sex abuse cases hit the headlines following hundreds of allegations that broadcaster Jimmy Saville has assaulted young girls.

Statistics show 645 child groomers were identified by Lancashire police between April 2011 and March 2012. Around 96 per cent of those groomers were male and three per cent were female.

In total 77 per cent of groomers were classed as white British, nine per cent were Asian Pakistani and three per cent were Asian Indian.

It is understood, that detectives are now looking into the possibility there may have been other victims.

At just 14-years-old the victim claims she was drugged and gang raped in a field while living at the care home in Merseyside.

She claims she was being denied medical help despite being taken to a police station naked and covered in blood and bruises.

DI Claire Holbrook, head of Lancashire Constabulary’s public protection unit, who is leading the investigation confirmed the allegations centred on East Lancashire.

She said: “Lancashire Constabulary has been made aware of a number of historic allegations and we are in the early stages of investigating those complaints.

“We would always encourage victims to feel confident enough to speak out about abuse they may have suffered and would like to reassure people that we take cases such as this very seriously and they will be investigated with the utmost sensitivity."

A Lancashire County Council spokesman said: “Police are investigating these allegations. We are unable to comment further.”

In May this year, members of a sex grooming gang in Rochdale were jailed to a total of 77 years.

They were jailed after being convicted of a racket where under-age victims were groomed for sex and trafficked from the Rochdale area to several address in East Lancashire and beyond.

Girls as young as 13 were first plied with fast food, drink and drugs before they were ‘handed around’ for sex by the men, eight of whom were from Pakistan and one from Afghanistan.

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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Poll: Nearly Half of U.S. Muslims Believe That Critics of Muhammad Should Be Criminally Prosecuted


And one in eight American Muslims believe that Muhammad's critics should face the death penalty. But keep in mind that 1/8 and 46% are still minorities, so we have absolutely nothing to worry about.

WorldNetDaily--Nearly half of 600 Muslim-American citizens polled who plan to vote in the 2012 presidential election believe parodies of Muhammad should be prosecuted criminally in the U.S., and one in eight say the offense is so serious violators should face the death penalty.

The results came in a groundbreaking scientific poll for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies. It was taken Oct. 22-26 and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.98 percentage points.

The poll also found 40 percent of Muslims in America believe they should not be judged by U.S. law and the Constitution, but by Shariah standards.

And the big winner among Muslim-Americans in the presidential election is Barack Obama, the poll found. More than 72 percent said they are definitely supporting Obama, and another 8.5 percent are leaning that direction. Only 11 percent are for Romney. (Continue Reading.)

Sunday, 28 October 2012

BRITISH prisoners are not eating bacon or showering naked in jail for fear of upsetting Muslim radicals.

Extremist inmates are conducting a campaign of fear and intimidation against other cons at a top-security prison in a bid to persuade them to convert to Islam.

The religion bans men from seeing other males’ private parts. Eating pork is also prohibited.

Research conducted by the Cambridge Institute of ­Criminology on behalf of the Ministry of Justice claims “heavy players” among the Muslim population at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire are bullying other lags. Professor Alison Liebling, who led the study, said: “Non- Muslim prisoners described wearing underpants in the showers out of ‘respect and fear’ and some Muslim prisoners described a form of intimidation exerted over frying bacon in the kitchens.”

The report also revealed white “old lags” who were once prison power brokers had been reduced to onlookers by the arrival at the jail of black gang members, young white drug users and Muslims.

Ms Liebling added: “The ordinary Muslim prisoners are horrified by what the heavies are doing under the umbrella of faith. It is not about faith, it is the phenomenon of a new source of power to which others are attracted.”

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mussies plied woman with alcohol then raped her

Two “cold-blooded” sexual predators from Plaistow who took turns raping a student after plying her with booze have each been jailed for 10 years.

Ebrima Dampha, 33, and Amadou Bah, 34, targeted the 22-year-old after spotting her drunkenly leaning against a shop front in Brick Lane, Shoreditch.

The pair, both of Barking Road, Plaistow, offered to accompany her in a taxi home but then stopped at an off-licence to buy more alcohol.

They persuaded her to allow them into her flat before encouraging her to continue drinking, then raped her while she was barely conscious, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

The duo then stole the woman’s iPhone and cash after the attack on January 6.

The woman had suffered significant trauma as a result of her ordeal, the court was told.

Both men insisted she invited them home with the promise of sex and denied rape.

But a jury convicted them of rape following a trial.

Sentencing, Judge John Lafferty told them: “This young woman unfortunately had far too much to drink than she was able to cope with.

“She was quite clearly, when you saw her leaning against a shop front, not capable of looking after herself.”
“You both formed a plan which you carried out to get this woman back to a place where you could have sex with her against her will.

“You encouraged and persuaded her to take more alcohol when you could see she was far from capable of looking after herself.”

“When she took so much alcohol she was semi-conscious or unconscious, you both took turns to rape her.”
“Upon leaving the flat, you stole her property.

“You acted together and took advantage of a young woman who by virtue of her intoxication was extremely vulnerable, when any decent man would seek to assist her.

“You put forward an entirely spurious account suggesting this perfectly respectable young woman wanted to have sex with both of you.

“At one point you said that was both at the same time, a thoroughly outrageous suggestion which the jury had no hesitation in rejecting.

“The young woman was vulnerable because of her extreme intoxication and you took shameless and coldblooded advantage of that.

“These sentences are the shortest that mark the gravity of the offence you committed, taking into account what little mitigation either of you have.”

Dampha, a ‘‘small scale’’ drug dealer, was also handed a further six months for possessing 11 bags of cannabis with intent to supply, breaching a community order.

Both will have to sign the sex offenders register for life on their release from prison.
Andrew Cohen, defending Dampha, said: “He was not the principal within this particular offence. It was not him that approached the complainant or engaged in conversation and got in the position of being invited back to her flat.

“He followed on and appeared to take advantage of a situation that came into existence.”
The court was told Bah suffers from a long-term drink problem.

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Friday, 26 October 2012

mussie jailed for stealing iPhones from Birmingham students

A TEENAGER has been jailed for stealing iPhones from students in Birmingham City Centre.

Abdimajid Adan, from Milner Court, Bordesley Green, set upon the four friends after he spotted them using their handsets in Broad Street on April 18.

The 18-year-old appeared at Birmingham Crown Court where he admitted robbery and was sent to a young offenders’ facility for 21 months.

Another 18-year-old from Handsworth, found by a police dog hiding in a doorway after the robbery, is also awaiting sentence.

The conviction comes as police launch a major mobile phone theft awareness campaign urging people to keep their mobiles safe.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Parsons, who heads up Operation Network, said: “Robberies like this are down by almost a third with 1,400 fewer victims since April compared to the same period in 2011.

“However, the number of pick-pocket and ‘sweeping’ style offences, with thieves cruising pubs, clubs and cafes, are on the increase so it’s vital that people keep property safe.”

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Russian Muslims swarm Moscow for ‘Feast of Sacrifice’


Muslims take part in prayers on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bairam in Moscow. (Reuters / Mikhail Voskresenskiy )

Muslims pray at the Moscow Congregational Mosque in central Moscow on the Feast of the Sacrifice. (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov)Muslims pray at the Moscow Congregational Mosque in central Moscow on the Feast of the Sacrifice. (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Astapkovich)A Muslim man prays before celebrations to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bairam in Moscow. (© Ilya Varlamov  / zyalt.livejournal.com/ <A href="http://www.ridus.ru/" target="_blank"> ridus.ru</A>)A Muslim man prays before celebrations to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bairam in Moscow. (© Ilya Varlamov  / zyalt.livejournal.com/ <A href="http://www.ridus.ru/" target="_blank"> ridus.ru</A>)A Muslim man prays before celebrations to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bairam in Moscow. (Reuters / Maxim Shemetov)
A Muslim man prays before celebrations to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bairam in Moscow. (© Ilya Varlamov  / zyalt.livejournal.com/ <A href="http://www.ridus.ru/" target="_blank"> ridus.ru</A>)
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